PREP WRESTLING: McDonald County falls to Grove

Brock Sisney

Sunday

Dec 17, 2017 at 9:00 PM

ANDERSON — The McDonald County Mustangs fell to the Grove Ridgerunners 54-21 on Thursday in this dual between Missouri and Oklahoma schools.

McDonald County’s three returning state medalists, of course, all prevailed in their matches — Oscar Ortiz (120 pounds) pinned Jaedale Whitlock with just 25 seconds remaining in the third period, Jakob Gerow (126) earned a 8-1 decision against Gage Gates, and Bronnie Kinser (285) won a 10-3 decision against Dawson Tanner.

Outside McDonald County’s big three, however, the Mustangs earned nine more points with a decision for Christian Davidson (113) and a pin for Jack Teague (152).

Davidson won 6-1 against Haven Pennington and Teague brought down Wesley Downing in a mere 38 seconds.

Grove maximized points with eight wins by pin and one forfeit, six points each for that grand total of 54.